Thomas Delamere

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Thomas AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Delamere AWMM

Ingoa kārangaranga

Tame AWMM

Nama Hōia

62662 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Rā i whānau mai ai

b. 1918

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 29 June 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/thomas-delamere

Wāhi Whānau

NZ

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 29 June 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/thomas-delamere

Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of Hiki and Rongopouri Delamere, of Omaio,

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 29 June 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/thomas-delamere

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Unknown AWMM Omaio, via Opotiki, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Mr H. Delamere (father), Omaio, via Opotiki, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

Western Desert AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

62662 AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), 5th Reinforcements AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Private Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa & Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e!
28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa & Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e!

Thomas Delamere was the son of Hiki and Rongopouri Delamere of Omaio.

name is recorded as Tame Delamere in Soutar (2008)

Identified as B and C Company (Soutar, 2008) AWMM

Matenga

2 Nov 1942 AWMM
Age  24 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Urupā

El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM I.H. 11 AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
  http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2093421
  Sources Used
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington: Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210104000423/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Maor.html
  Further Reference

Ngā tuhinga

• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 4: WW2 93
• Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman.
  Portrait published in Soutar (2008)
• Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e! : Forever brave! : B Company 28 (Maori) Battalion, 1939-1945. Auckland : Bateman Books.
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.